760M corn postharvest losses in 3 major provinces By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Corn farmers and traders in three of the country’s major corn producing provinces lose at least 760 million a year due to postproduction losses, according to results of a study conducted by the Bureau of Postharvest Research and…
Super task-force By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is both interesting and strange why a “State of the Nation Address” (SONA) requires much safeguard and the military in full force are being called upon to secure the occasion. People can expect the display of a good number of bullets…
PRISAA cagefest ’07 and Gonz By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TO HOLD a big sports activity is no joke. Organizers, supporters, coaches anticipate woes, ataxia, and intrigues before, during and even after the tournament. This happened to me many times before and until now as an organizer of sporting events…
MANGATAREM—Here’s one for anti-gun advocates. The manager of an electric cooperative here died after he accidentally shot himself in the head with his own caliber .45 pistol. Police identified the fatality as Antonio Saura, 55, married and manager of Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative here. The accident happened while Saura was…
Thoughts in the air By Marifi Jara An international airport in Pangasinan to boost tourism. Hmm. Not, in my opinion, the most soaring (pun intended) of ideas. From an environmental perspective, air travel is one of the biggest contributors to carbon emission worldwide. The additional carbon footprint that will be…
FOR METROSTATE PROJECT Complainant eyes flaws in bidding A DagupeÑo finally stepped in to accuse former Dagupan City officials before the office of the Ombudsman in connection with the controversial construction at the former Magsasay Park. Former Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim and former City Administrator Rafael Baraan, now provincial administrator,…
FOUR officials of the city government who were among those named in a complaint filed before the Ombudsman in connection with the construction of an P84-million tourism-commercial building at the Magsaysay Park, branded the accusation against them as “unfounded” and “irresponsible”. This was indicated in the joint counter-affidavit submitted to…
STA. BARBARA–If Gov. Amado Espino Jr. can’t possibly be serious about the plan to put up an airport in the province to make it more accessible to tourists and businessmen, Mayor Reynaldo Velasco is. The mayor sounded resolute knowing that the Air Transportation Office (ATO) has already made initial studies…
ASINGAN—A barangay chairman and a sister of the new vice mayor here were arrested July 13 for their alleged participation in a large-scale estafa case involving a multi-million peso land deal investment. However, Vice Mayor Mila Piso Antonio, tagged as the main suspect in the anomalous land deal, remains at…
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